India-Kerala-Fauna

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Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. Found while digging our garden @ home,Kottayam, Kerala. length ~ 12cm. Burrows under the moist ground. This one has an iridescent sheen on its body.

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Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. Found while digging our garden @ home, kerala. length ~ 12cm. see the iridescent sheen on its body!

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Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:06:54 +0100

Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. Found while digging our garden @ home, kerala. length ~ 12cm.

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Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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Captain's wood snake, xylophis captaini. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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the small green frog on roxy's Nikon D80

small_green_frog_001

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creation! sarah and the frog @ home, kerala

small_green_frog_002

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can you spot the teeny weeny green frog on the tip of sarah's Olympus C770? @ home, kerala

indian_flying_fox_pteropus_giganteus_001

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The Indian flying fox is a fruit bat, pteropus giganteus. In this picture, it has come to get the nectar from the banana blossom. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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The Indian flying fox is a fruit bat, pteropus giganteus. In this picture, it has come to get the nectar from the banana blossom. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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The Indian flying fox is a fruit bat, pteropus giganteus. In this picture, it has come to get the nectar from the banana blossom. Looks like a dog, eh? @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

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The Indian flying fox is a fruit bat, pteropus giganteus. In this picture, it has come to get the nectar from the banana blossom. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala.

bats_mangalavanam_001

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fruit bats at mangalavanam mangroves, kochi

bats_mangalavanam_002

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bats at mangalavanam mangrove, kochi

crab_002

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crab at mangalavanam mangroves, kochi

crab_001

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crab at mangalavanam mangroves, kochi

arana_001

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Snake? No itz just a skink posing as a snake. Dussumier's Forest Skink,sphenomorphus dussumieri @ home, kerala

gecko_001

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gecko in camoflague. @ home, kerala

hunt-snake-frog-1

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hunt. snake and frog in a trapeze. kottayam, kerala, 2002.

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hunt. snake and frog. kottayam, kerala, 2002.

velvet_mite_trapa_natans_001

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a red velvet mite on trapa natans, an aquatic plant. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

velvet_mite_azolla_002

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a red velvet mite on azolla, an aquatic plant. @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

malabar_giant_squirrel_001

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malabar giant squirrel (indian giant squirrel), ratufa indica @ Wayanad, Kerala, India.

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Peninsular Rock Agama, Mrugavani, Hyderabad, India

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Peninsular Rock Agama, Mrugavani, Hyderabad, India

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Peninsular Rock Agama, Mrugavani, Hyderabad, India

fan_throated_lizard_001

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Fan-throated lizard, sitana ponticeriana @ Mrugavani National Park, Hyderabad, India.

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Fan-throated lizard, sitana ponticeriana @ Mrugavani National Park, Hyderabad, India.

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Fan-throated lizard, sitana ponticeriana @ Mrugavani National Park, Hyderabad, India.

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